Got a Light?
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18th Jul 2012, 10:47 PM
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No light, apparently. You would think that well appointed armor would have a built in lighter!
18th Jul 2012, 11:28 PM
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Yay! New page!
What are those odd aircraft in the top panel? Are those some sort of Unity Hovercraft?
Can I ask about a dragon alien avatar yet? I think it has been a week since I last asked :P
What are those odd aircraft in the top panel? Are those some sort of Unity Hovercraft?
Can I ask about a dragon alien avatar yet? I think it has been a week since I last asked :P
18th Jul 2012, 11:32 PM
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Yeah, thanks for the reminder. I should be able to do them tomorrow.
18th Jul 2012, 11:32 PM
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Ehhh, it makes the math easier. It's somewhere around that.
18th Jul 2012, 11:56 PM
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Hmmm, I wonder if Poison Monkey's actually exibit any more simian characteristics than "normal" humans do? Such as having a tail? I just looked, and did not see anything that proves Iri does not have one. Or, perhaps hand-like feet. The one shot that shows feet is distorted beyond all recognition.
18th Jul 2012, 11:59 PM
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Awww :(
Monkey Feet coulda been so much fun. Especially if any significant parts of this comic take place in Zero Gravity.
Monkey Feet coulda been so much fun. Especially if any significant parts of this comic take place in Zero Gravity.
19th Jul 2012, 12:06 AM
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The reason is because otherwise there might be comparisons to Dragon Ball when you find out that she has superpowers.
19th Jul 2012, 12:10 AM
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Gah! Spoilers!
*Plugs Ears*... Wait... *covers Eyes instead*
Still though, I could have totally pictured Iri chain smoking with all 4 limbs. Or even better a Different vice in each hand. A cigaret, a drink, a porno mag, and a vibrator. Lol. Ah well, its all good. Maybe some other alien race can have that kind of fun :P
Mind you, I actually hate smoking, but I am betting what with all the radiation on Iri's homeworld, she is in no particular danger of getting cancer from the cigs due to some sort of awsome immune system? Otherwise her race would be just a mess of mutated freaks. Of course, maybe they are :P
*Plugs Ears*... Wait... *covers Eyes instead*
Still though, I could have totally pictured Iri chain smoking with all 4 limbs. Or even better a Different vice in each hand. A cigaret, a drink, a porno mag, and a vibrator. Lol. Ah well, its all good. Maybe some other alien race can have that kind of fun :P
Mind you, I actually hate smoking, but I am betting what with all the radiation on Iri's homeworld, she is in no particular danger of getting cancer from the cigs due to some sort of awsome immune system? Otherwise her race would be just a mess of mutated freaks. Of course, maybe they are :P
19th Jul 2012, 12:23 AM
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Hmmm, I was never much of a dragon ball fan. But Didn't goku have normal feet, and no tail as well? (I think he had a tail when he was younger but lost it for some reason?)
19th Jul 2012, 1:02 AM
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There was a time I knew the answer to everything DBZ related. I should really rewatch both series again. Has to be old school dubs though.
Also Iri sounds pretty badass if he pegged her that well. If one hand could also hold a firearm, I really am excited for this story.
Also Iri sounds pretty badass if he pegged her that well. If one hand could also hold a firearm, I really am excited for this story.
19th Jul 2012, 12:13 AM
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I like this comic so far. And I at least am happy she doesn't have hairy monkey hand-feet. Not an appealing quality ever. Ever. EVER.
19th Jul 2012, 12:18 AM
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I think they may even be worse without hair. They'd sent Iri here right into the Uncanny Valley. And that place is full of Japanese robots.
19th Jul 2012, 12:32 AM
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Bah, you've already won anyway, View said she has normal feet. Leave my my dreams :P I have read many sci-fi books where some class of meta-humans had that distinguishing feature and always found it a cool idea.
19th Jul 2012, 4:15 AM
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...Me? Not in the slightest, no. If something matters, I never seem to have heard of it.
19th Jul 2012, 7:26 AM
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Oh good. If people in the stories also climb on walls with their hands and hand-feet to prey on others, I may never sleep again lol
20th Jul 2012, 12:19 AM
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Have you read any of the old-time space operas such as these?
19th Jul 2012, 5:15 AM
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I'm curious as to how all these different species are able to understand each other. Do we have translator-like devices that are a part of everyone? I'd assume that learning another species' language would be nigh-impossible because they wouldn't share the same speaking mechanisms. Or is it just f***ing magic?
19th Jul 2012, 12:34 PM
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They're all speaking common. The green people only have a few people who learned it so far.
19th Jul 2012, 11:34 PM
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Are you seriously going to complain that the comic is in English? Yeah, there's NO precedent for that.
Whatever.
Whatever.
20th Jul 2012, 7:54 PM
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Besides, the way English is making it's way in trade around the world, it wouldn't be all that weird to see it as "basic" language once we hit deep space.
19th Jul 2012, 6:36 AM
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I'm trying to think of a name for the far right guard in the first panel...
19th Jul 2012, 9:03 AM
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I propose the whole class be referred to as Unistoopers*
*(Unity Storm Troopers)
*(Unity Storm Troopers)
19th Jul 2012, 9:10 AM
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perspective, but wouldn't she be able to squeeze by those bars with a little lube? They just seem far apart enough for it to happen (fail english is fail) XD
19th Jul 2012, 9:18 AM
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They are probably carrying a charge. Zap! goes the Poison Monkey!
19th Jul 2012, 10:43 PM
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The Space Pulp Milieu equivalent of Nicotiana or something more stimulating?
19th Jul 2012, 10:50 PM
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It contains all your recommended diet of radioactive sulphur isotopes!
20th Jul 2012, 12:25 AM
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That reminds me of the old Sci-Fi short story about the fellow who was sent back in time to capture a unicorn. When he arrived he couldn't breath because there wasn't enough carbon dioxide in the atmosphere!
19th Jul 2012, 1:53 PM
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Iri from behind kind of looks like View holding a short pen.
Or View from in front kind of looks like Iri holding a really long cigarette.
Cannot unsee similarities.
Or View from in front kind of looks like Iri holding a really long cigarette.
Cannot unsee similarities.
19th Jul 2012, 2:22 PM
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Aww Damnit. Now I can not unsee hotdog head. :( It is even the right colour!
Grrrr, thanks a lot >_<
Grrrr, thanks a lot >_<
19th Jul 2012, 11:38 PM
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I see it in the last panel. You need to add the green eyes to your avatar all glowy under the hair, and the plotting hands to Iri.
There's three ways to talk about how old someone is.
One is to use a standard unit of time. Unity uses the their capital homeworld's orbital length (around 500 days).
But some races live a lot longer than others. Someone 10 Unity years old might be a full adult of their species, or barely a child.
That's why the Star Federation uses "centigens". A generation is defined as the average age of the mothers having a firstborn. So, for a modern human, probably around 20 years.
A centigen is generally 1% of that. So for a human, 50 centigens would be about 10 years old. However, it can be tweaked by a species so that the target ages are met at the right time. IE, you can't get a light spacecraft learner permit until you're 75 centigens. Some species may tweak how fast you age so as to allow for that to be older or younger than the norm.
The third way is used when talking about species with unusual lifecycles, such as a plant species which has its young before it learns to talk or such.
THE MORE YOU KNOW.